OpenSSL Releases Patches for 2 High-Severity Security Vulnerabilities

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The maintainers of OpenSSL have released a fix for two high-severity security flaws in its software that could be exploited to carry out denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and bypass certificate verification. Tracked as CVE-2021-3449 and CVE-2021-3450, both the vulnerabilities have been resolved in …

Apple Issues Urgent Patch Update for Another Zero‑Day Under Attack

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Merely weeks after releasing out-of-band patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS, Apple has issued yet another security update for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch to fix a critical zero-day weakness that it says is being actively exploited in the …

Another Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in SolarWinds Orion Platform

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IT infrastructure management provider SolarWinds on Thursday released a new update to its Orion networking monitoring tool with fixes for four security vulnerabilities, counting two weaknesses that could be exploited by an authenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution (RCE). …

New 5G Flaw Exposes Priority Networks to Location Tracking and Other Attacks

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New research into 5G architecture has uncovered a security flaw in its network slicing and virtualized network functions that could be exploited to allow data access and denial of service attacks between different network slices on a mobile operator’s 5G network. AdaptiveMobile …

Black Kingdom Ransomware Hunting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers

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More than a week after Microsoft released a one-click mitigation tool to mitigate cyberattacks targeting on-premises Exchange servers, the company disclosed that patches have been applied to 92% of all internet-facing servers affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. The development, a 43% improvement from the …

Forcing Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) Registration to Increase ROI

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When your organization invests in a new product or service, it is essential that you take advantage of all the features it has to offer. This will help you to maximize your return on investment (ROI). If you have purchased …

Critical Cisco Jabber Bug Could Let Attackers Hack Remote Systems

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Cisco on Wednesday released software updates to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting its Jabber messaging clients across Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Successful exploitation of the flaws could permit an “attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the underlying operating system with …

Chinese Hackers Used Facebook to Hack Uighur Muslims Living Abroad

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Facebook may be banned in China, but the company on Wednesday said it has disrupted a network of bad actors using its platform to target the Uyghur community and lure them into downloading malicious software that would allow surveillance of …

Purple Fox Rootkit Can Now Spread Itself to Other Windows Computers

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Purple Fox, a Windows malware previously known for infecting machines by using exploit kits and phishing emails, has now added a new technique to its arsenal that gives it worm-like propagation capabilities. The ongoing campaign makes use of a “novel …

Critical Flaws Affecting GE’s Universal Relay Pose Threat to Electric Utilities

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of critical security shortcomings in GE’s Universal Relay (UR) family of power management devices. “Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to access sensitive information, reboot the UR, …